Example sentences of "by listening [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had a calculator to help , but tried to keep his temper , his blood this side of boiling point and a little , at least , of social grace by listening at the same time to a Schubert piano sonata on a portable radio alongside . |
| 2 | If she happened to bump into Lexy one day , it would do no harm to relieve her curiosity by some subtle questioning , but she had already established , by listening at the dinner table , that her supposed ‘ rival ’ was not among those present . |
| 3 | By listening to the story , Dot found she had become brave . |
| 4 | In terms of learning to eat ( and to stop eating ! ) by listening to the body 's demands and signals , the answer is yes . |
| 5 | As indicated earlier in the text , this assessment would be achieved by various means such as observing the person ; acquiring information about the person 's usual habits in relation to this AL partly by asking appropriate questions , partly by listening to the patient and/or relatives ; and using relevant information from available records , including medical records . |
| 6 | Actually there were probably fewer than twenty , but purchasers were assured the claim could only be verified by listening to the record and counting for themselves ( 41b ) . |
| 7 | Why did n't he know most things by intuition — and by listening to the other animals talking ? |
| 8 | Thus emphasis on reminiscence sensitively developed ( Coleman , 1986 ) and oral history are all part of a recognition that by listening to the memories and past experience of an elderly person we are validating the unique worth of that individual , the contribution made to society . |
| 9 | This is to undervalue the grief work , which could be assisted by listening to the stories of the person , the events of the death , and the pain of the loss being experienced . |
| 10 | More experience of the day-today work of committees is obtained by deciding the cost of a plate of soup on the Catering Committee than by listening to the high arguments of policy on the Governing Board of the college . |
| 11 | Even in total darkness , the birds can sense the walls of their cave and any other obstacles in their path by listening to the echoes of their clicks . |
| 12 | This stronger sense of learning also carries with it the idea that ultimately the student is able to evaluate it for him or herself , and form a personal view about its validity ( by reading the relevant articles , by listening to the different views of the authorities on the topic , and perhaps by assisting in a clinical trial ) . |
| 13 | She had managed to cope with it by listening to the radio , playing tapes , even turning on breakfast television until its unremitting triviality had threatened to drive her even madder than she had felt herself going already . |
| 14 | As you gain experience some of the checking can well be done by listening to the recording , thus saving time working with the LH . |
| 15 | I like to think that I share a love of the World Service and an interest in it with Mr. Gorbachev , who gave it one of the best unsolicited testaments that anyone could when he said that while being held prisoner he heard about what was going on in the world by listening to the World Service . |
| 16 | It follows that if we know the exact pitch of the siren , it is theoretically possible to work out how fast we are moving towards or away from it simply by listening to the apparent pitch and comparing it with the known " true " pitch . |
| 17 | No I would have to learn the tune like by listening to the |
| 18 | We do n't see ourselves as special people and we do n't see ourselves as having specific financial credentials , although some members of our group , not myself , may have those , but we try by listening to the people who 've elected us and listening to in general comments that are made from outside the council , which is a terribly closed body . |